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Hi Folks,
Thanks for clarifying that all line breaks in a document are normalized.
Here's a twist on this issue. Suppose that an element has an
xml:space="preserve" attribute. Do the line breaks in its content get
normalized?
For example, consider this XML document: (line break characters are
explicitly shown)
<?xml version="1.0"?> \n\r
<Test> \n\r
<para xml:space="preserve">This is a \n\r
simple paragraph. What \n\r
do you think of it?</para> \n\r
</Test> \n\r
Note that the <para> element has an xml:space="preserve" attribute.
After normalizing the line breaks do we end up with this:
<?xml version="1.0"?> \n\r
<Test> \n
<para xml:space="preserve">This is a \n
simple paragraph. What \n
do you think of it?</para> \n
</Test> \n
Observe that ** all ** line breaks have been normalized.
Or, do we end up with this:
<?xml version="1.0"?> \n
<Test> \n
<para xml:space="preserve">This is a \n\r
simple paragraph. What \n\r
do you think of it?</para> \n
</Test> \n
Observe that the line breaks where xml:space="preserve" has been
specified are ** unaffected **. The other line breaks are normalized.
Which is the correct behavior? /Roger
P.S. Here is the relevant discussion in the XML Spec:
http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml#sec-white-space
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